Nerium oleander
(Oleander)

Interactions where Nerium oleander is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
green part (live) live green part has sap sucked by Pseudococcus a genus of mealybugs Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pseudococcidae/Pseudococcus/Pseudococcusa genus of mealybugs Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Nerium oleander/Nerium oleanderoleanderlivegreen part sucks sap of live green part
leaf (mature) (swollen, slimy) swollen, slimy leaf (mature) is galled by colony UK/IrelandRestricted Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. nerii Oleander Gall - causative organism Pseudomonadales: Pseudomonadaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Proteobacteria/Gammaproteobacteria/Pseudomonadales/Pseudomonadaceae/Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. nerii/Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. neriioleander gall (causative organism)colony Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Nerium oleander/Nerium oleanderoleanderswollen, slimyleaf (mature)Sole colony causes gall of swollen, slimy leaf (mature)
leaf (near veins) (live) live leaf (near veins) has sap sucked by hypophyllous Coccus hesperidum Brown Soft Scale, Brown Soft-scale Hemiptera: Coccidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Coccus hesperidum/Coccus hesperidumbrown soft scale, brown soft-scalehypophyllous Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Nerium oleander/Nerium oleanderoleanderliveleaf (near veins) (1-12)hypophyllous sucks sap of live leaf (near veins)
leaf (young) (distorted) distorted leaf (young) may be infected and damaged by colony Restricted Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. nerii Oleander Gall - causative organism Pseudomonadales: Pseudomonadaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Proteobacteria/Gammaproteobacteria/Pseudomonadales/Pseudomonadaceae/Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. nerii/Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. neriioleander gall (causative organism)colony Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Nerium oleander/Nerium oleanderoleanderdistortedleaf (young)Sole colony infects and damages distorted leaf (young)
leaf (live) live leaf has sap sucked by Parthenolecanium corni Brown Scale, Peach Scale, European Fruit Lecanium Hemiptera: Coccidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Parthenolecanium corni/Parthenolecanium cornibrown scale, peach scale, european fruit lecanium Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Nerium oleander/Nerium oleanderoleanderliveleaf sucks sap of live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf has sap sucked by Captivity Saissetia coffeae Hemispherical Scale Hemiptera: Coccidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Saissetia coffeae/Saissetia coffeaehemispherical scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Nerium oleander/Nerium oleanderoleanderliveleaf Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally inducedsucks sap of live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf has sap sucked by hypophyllous, colonial Aspidiotus nerii Oleander Scale Hemiptera: Diaspididae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Aspidiotus nerii/Aspidiotus neriioleander scalehypophyllous, colonial Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Nerium oleander/Nerium oleanderoleanderliveleaf hypophyllous, colonial sucks sap of live leaf
pod (distorted) distorted pod may be infected and damaged by colony Restricted Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. nerii Oleander Gall - causative organism Pseudomonadales: Pseudomonadaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Proteobacteria/Gammaproteobacteria/Pseudomonadales/Pseudomonadaceae/Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. nerii/Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. neriioleander gall (causative organism)colony Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Nerium oleander/Nerium oleanderoleanderdistortedpodSole colony infects and damages distorted pod
shoot (old) (swollen) swollen shoot (old) is galled by colony Restricted Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. nerii Oleander Gall - causative organism Pseudomonadales: Pseudomonadaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Proteobacteria/Gammaproteobacteria/Pseudomonadales/Pseudomonadaceae/Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. nerii/Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. neriioleander gall (causative organism)colony Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Nerium oleander/Nerium oleanderoleanderswollenshoot (old)Sole colony causes gall of swollen shoot (old)
shoot (young) (cankered) cankered shoot (young) may be infected and damaged by colony Restricted Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. nerii Oleander Gall - causative organism Pseudomonadales: Pseudomonadaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Proteobacteria/Gammaproteobacteria/Pseudomonadales/Pseudomonadaceae/Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. nerii/Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. neriioleander gall (causative organism)colony Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Nerium oleander/Nerium oleanderoleandercankeredshoot (young)Sole colony infects and damages cankered shoot (young)
shoot (live) live shoot has sap sucked by Parthenolecanium corni Brown Scale, Peach Scale, European Fruit Lecanium Hemiptera: Coccidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Parthenolecanium corni/Parthenolecanium cornibrown scale, peach scale, european fruit lecanium Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Nerium oleander/Nerium oleanderoleanderliveshoot sucks sap of live shoot
stem (live) live stem has sap sucked by Parthenolecanium corni Brown Scale, Peach Scale, European Fruit Lecanium Hemiptera: Coccidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Parthenolecanium corni/Parthenolecanium cornibrown scale, peach scale, european fruit lecanium Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Nerium oleander/Nerium oleanderoleanderlivestem sucks sap of live stem
stem (live) live stem has sap sucked by Captivity Saissetia coffeae Hemispherical Scale Hemiptera: Coccidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Saissetia coffeae/Saissetia coffeaehemispherical scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Nerium oleander/Nerium oleanderoleanderlivestem Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally inducedsucks sap of live stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Nerium oleander (Oleander) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNerium oleander (Oleander)
FamilyAPOCYNACEAE (periwinkles and asclepiads)
OrderGENTIANALES (bedstraws, gentians and periwinkles)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Nerium oleander (Oleander) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

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Pathology

Wurzell, B. 2017 Personal Communication

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Nerium oleander (Oleander):

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